Example sentences of "may [be] [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , it may be sobering for the European governments considering stockpiles that the private sector has already beaten them to it — and that the stores of the materials themselves are tantalisingly close to the industries that , some day , may be desperate for supplies . |
| 2 | He says it may be good for farmers and gardeners , but it will make no difference to the river at all . |
| 3 | Fibre from cereals such as wheat bran or wholemeal bread may be good for constipation , but the fibre from fruit and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of appendicitis and coronary heart disease . |
| 4 | The desire to create a pseudo-history of the movement 's afterlife may be good for business , and may have provided extra material for the book ( I refer to the Boston text , see pp. 10–13 ) but it is not in keeping with the purer aims of the Situationists outlined elsewhere in these and other texts . |
| 5 | Foliar feeding may be good for emergencies , but not in my book for basic cultivation of roses . |
| 6 | FASTER , quieter aircraft may be good for people — but not for the world 's natural fliers . |
| 7 | It may be curious for non-Japanese . |
| 8 | In addition , if you are treating your pets outside , avoid using a spray near a pond , as this may be toxic for fish . |
| 9 | The glass thickness may be correct for say , a 24″ tank , but two 24″ tanks become a 48″ tank and the glass thickness must be suitable for this size of aquarium . |
| 10 | It may be helpful for PFK readers to know that Dupla PO 4 ( Phosphate ) test kits are available in the UK for around £9.30 and they measure Phosphate levels as follows : — 0mg/l , 0.2mg/l , 0.5mg/l , 1.0mg/l and 5.0mg/l . |
| 11 | These conditions are often the subject of international agreements between countries and copies of the conditions which apply to your holiday journey may be available for inspection either at our offices or at the office of the carrier concerned . |
| 12 | Account should also be taken of relief which may be available for capital expenditure on assets . |
| 13 | Help may be available for things such as bedding , heaters , the installation or re-siting of a meter or for reconnection charges if your fuel supply has been cut off . |
| 14 | Such support may be available for groups of teachers who share a common predicament — such as women , ethnic minority teachers , new teachers or headteachers . |
| 15 | Although money may be available for firms to borrow and interest rates may be low , investment will not be increased because of pessimistic expectations . |
| 16 | LEFT As well as general dog instruction , specialist courses may be available for training gundogs , such as this Weimaraner . |
| 17 | A photographic company might wish to support our conservation programme for glass negatives ; a charitable trust may be willing to support the microfilming of the archive collection , or the establishment of an image database ; European Community funding may be available for information technology and database work ; potential employers may be able to help with computer training for DHE students ; specialist societies and scientific groups may help to fund image databases or conservation-related biogeographical studies , and educational publishers are likely to be interested in interactive video for schools and colleges . |
| 18 | A mono monitor may be suitable for work processing , but it is certainly not ideal for knitwear design . |
| 19 | Hitherto , when they asked us to obey those laws , we have known that we could change them , but hereafter a combination of people with different languages , understandings and cultures can set , and are by combination setting , upon us standards , rules and laws which may be suitable for Greece , central or northern Europe , France or Spain but which are not right for us . |
| 20 | In addition , new material is explored which may be suitable for use in the parish and stimulates its musicians to widen their repertoire . |
| 21 | Clients can also suggest neighbours and friends who may be suitable for employment . |
| 22 | He suggested a shuttle service may be suitable for people wishing to attend at Marton . |
| 23 | The most fundamental criticism raised on educational grounds is that objectives may be suitable for training programmes but are not suitable for education . |
| 24 | Surface expression rather than only cytoplasmic expression of the TCR- β chain may be essential for transduction of the signal for the induction of CD4 and CD8 and/or proliferation of DP cells . |
| 25 | Qualities that might generate and recoup excellent work in the classroom ( including , for instance , risk-taking , creativity , originality , the valuing of independence and initiative , a questioning and critical approach , etc. , none of which appear on the DES 's own list ) might not most endear new teachers to their colleagues ; and qualities like ‘ tidy appearance ’ that may be essential for staffroom acceptance may be relatively unimportant to children . |
| 26 | A surprisingly large number of PWS and AS patients also exhibit clinical features characteristic of tyrosinase-positive ( type II ) OCA , including severe hypopigmentations , decreased visual acuity , nystagmus and strabismus ( J. Clayton-Smith , S. Saitoh , personal communications , and our unpublished data ) ; these atypical PWS and AS patients may be hemizygous for mutant alleles of a gene responsible for type II OCA . |
| 27 | This may be insufficient for newcomers to the company . |
| 28 | It is accepting the lifestyle of Christ so that we may be usable for God 's glory . |
| 29 | As Lord Wilberforce said in Anisminic : ‘ Although , in theory perhaps , it may be possible for Parliament to set up a tribunal which has full and autonomous powers to fix its own area of operation , that has , so far , not been done in this country . ’ |
| 30 | In general , the more directly political approach argues that the manner in which the state may compensate for the misery of the periphery is crucial and warrants serious investigation since under certain circumstances it may be possible for state intervention to operate with beneficial , net long-term effects . |